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CVE-2016-7892 kev in the critical feed json

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextFi…

published 2016-12-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8741

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-25
epss
19.1%
EPSS 19.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the TextField class. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Patch / fix

cisa required action The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  • flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 24.0.0.186-1.el6_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2947

  • flash-player SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1 24.0.0.186-152.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3148-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7892 updated cvss 8.8

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 flash-plugin
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 24.0.0.186-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 24.0.0.186-1.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 24.0.0.186-1.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2947

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-04-15 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Flash Player
CISA name
Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Patched
2016-12-13
Details
project zero tracker

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

19.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a Adobe Flash Player 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.